Book Title: Beschrijvinghe ende Historische verhael vant Gout koninckrijck von Guinea, anders de Gout-custe de Mina genaemt leggende in het deel van Africa. ... Mitsgaders oock een cort verhael van de passagie die de schepen derwaerts nemen deur de Canarische Eylanden, voorby Capo de Verde, langs de Guste van Manigette, tot aen Capo de Trespunctas, voorts vande Revieren diemen versoect int verseylen vande Gout-custe, tot aende Capo Lopo Gonsalves, ... / Pieter de Marees.

Author: Marees, Pieter de.

Image Title: How the Women Comport Themselves and How They Dress

Description: This print conveys how the women of the Gold Coast appeared to the Dutch trader and explorer Pieter de Maares (1770-1856 CE) and his expedition party. “A” is a Portuguese woman of mixed ancestry living in the Castle d’Mina; “B” shows how the peasants’ wives came to market every day from inland with their fruits and sold in the coastal towns; “C” is a girl going through the streets in the way they did every day, with their hair plaited, bracelets on their wrists, and a linen cloth around their bodies; and “D” is a common woman showing the way they tied their children on their shoulders and breastfed them at the same time.

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